The nurse is teaching a group of clients about ways that infections are transmitted. The comment made by one of the clients that shows the need for further instruction is
A) "A vector transmits infection by biting someone who doesn't have the infection."
B) "Sneezing can put infected droplets in the air for someone else to breathe."
C) "The portal of entry and the portal of exit are always the same."
D) "You can get infections from touching something contaminated by a sick person."

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The portals of entry and exit are often similar, but variations exist. One example is hookworm. The portal of exit is feces, but the portal of entry is through the skin of a person walking barefoot in soil containing hatched eggs.

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